706 p. ; 26 cm

A selection of horror stories of the first half of the 20th century as determined by author and horror genre historian John Pelan, based on the criteria: the most notable story published that year and only one story per author

"Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, H.G. Wells, Algernon Blackwood, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Manly Wade Wellman, Theodore Sturgeon ... plus 40 other masters of horror!"--Dust jacket

Includes one story for each year, 1901-1950

One hundred years of horror / John Pelan -- 1901: The undying thing / Barry Pain -- 1902: The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- 1903: The valley of spiders / H. G. Wells -- 1904: The white people / Arthur Machen -- 1905: The lover's ordeal / R. Murray Gilchrist -- 1906: The house of the nightmare / Edward Lucas White -- 1907: The willows / Algernon Blackwood -- 1908: Thurnley Abbey / Perceval Landon -- 1909: The coach / Violet Hunt -- 1910: The whistling room / William Hope Hodgson -- 1911: Casting the runes / M. R. James -- 1912: Caterpillars / E. F. Benson -- 1913: The testament of Magdalen Blair / Aleister Crowley --

1914: The place of pain / M.P. Shiel -- 1915: The spider / Hanns Heinz Ewers -- 1916: Thirteen at table / Lord Dunsany -- 1917: The black pool / Frederick Stuart Greene -- 1918: The middle bedroom / H. de Vere Stacpoole -- 1919: The sumach / Ulric Daubeny -- 1920: In the light of the red lamp / Maurice Level -- 1921: Master of fallen years / Vincent O'Sullivan -- 1922: Seaton's aunt -- Walter de la Mare -- 1923: The thing from "Outside" / George Allan England -- 1924: The loved dead / C.M. Eddy, Jr. -- 1925: The smoking leg / John Metcalf -- 1926: The outsider / H. P. Lovecraft -- 1927: The red brain / Donald Wandrei -- 1928: The red lodge / H. Russell Wakefield --

1929: Celui-lá / Eleanor Scott -- 1930: The spirit of Stonehenge / Rosalie Muspratt -- 1931: Cassius / Henry S. Whitehead -- 1932: The thing in the cellar / David H. Keller -- 1933: Shambleau / C. L. Moore -- 1934: The tower of Moab / L. A. Lewis -- 1935: The dark eidolon / Clark Ashton Smith -- 1936: The crawling horror / Thorp McClusky -- 1937: The eerie Mr. Murphy / Howard Wandrei -- 1938: Pigeons from Hell / Robert E. Howard -- 1939: Far below / Robert Barbour Johnson -- 1940: Evening primrose / John Collier -- 1941: The words of Guru / C.M. Kornbluth -- 1942: The idol of the flies / Jane Rice -- 1943: They bite / Anthony Boucher --

1944: The jar / Ray Bradbury -- 1945: Carousel / August Derleth -- 1946: Shonokin Town / Manly Wade Wellman -- 1947: Bianca's hands / Theodore Sturgeon -- 1948: The lottery / Shirley Jackson -- 1949: The pond / Nigel Kneale -- 1950: Born of man and woman / Richard Matheson

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